Victoria Lautman

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Victoria Lautman is a Chicago broadcast journalist and writer with a specialty in arts, culture, and the humanities.

Lautman has an M.A. in Art History from George Washington University, and a B.A. in Anthropology and Art History from the University of New Mexico. She attended Merton College at Oxford University for archaeological field training, and spent one summer on a Bronze Age excavation in the Scottish Hebrides. Following graduate school, she worked for four years at the Smithsonian Institution's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

In 2004, she created Chicago's prestigious author-interview series, Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman, a three-pronged event comprised of a monthly column in Chicago magazine, a free, audience-attended interview at the Lookingglass Theatre, and a simultaneous radio broadcast on WFMT. Lautman is host and executive producer of the series, which has drawn such renowned authors to Chicago as Edward P. Jones, Louise Erdrich, Frank McCourt, Michael Cunningham, Julia Glass, Augusten Burroughs, Sue Miller, Peter Carey, and many others.

Prior to inaugurating this series, Lautman was a featured host and contributor on Chicago Public Radio for two decades. Beginning as a free-lance arts reviewer 1984, she eventually hosted and co-produced her own arts and culture magazine program, "Artistic License", which aired weekly for eight years. Lautman then joined the broadcast team of the daily magazine show, "848", and became a regular interviewer and contributor on a wide variety of subjects, including not only arts and culture but also medicine, education, politics, and other complex issues. Her humorous essays on day-to-day life were a regular feature of the program.

As a print journalist, Victoria Lautman has been Chicago Editor for magazines such as Metropolitan Home, Art & Auction, Architectural Record, and House & Garden. She’s also been a frequent contributor to the Chicago Tribune, and has written for many other national magazines and newspapers. Her non-fiction book, The New Tattoo, was first published in 1994. She is currently a contributing editor for Chicago magazine.

On television, Lautman has been a regular contributor to Chicago PBS affiliate WTTW's Emmy award-winning programs "Artbeat Chicago" and "Chicago Tonight", as well as a segment host and producer on WBBM’s award-winning magazine show, "Eye On Chicago". She has also been a regular culture correspondent for WMAQ’s afternoon news report.

[edit] References

• Story Week Participants, Victoria Lautman. Columbia College, Chicago. Accessed February 21, 2007.
• Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman. 98.7 WFMT. Accessed February 21, 2007.
• The New Tattoo